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    I played 3 or 4 CoD4 FFA matches in preparation for Saturday's gaming. I was surprised to do well, tho not actually winning, ranking 3rd or 4th in each match. My KDR was also overwhelmingly positive, 14-2 and so on. I used the "piss 'em off" class I used for last Thursday's 2Old2play CoD4 retro night: M249 with RDS, 3x Frags, Juggernaut, and Martyrdom. I didn't get a single Martyrdom kill, so I could have switched it up with some other more useful perk. In any event, what I did was prowl the edges of the maps, pick off a straggler and then haul ass to a new semi-covered position to get him on the revenge attempt or pick off another player. It worked really well, tho, again, I lost every match. Since I'm using the CoD4 FFA for lulz and practice/tune-up for my gaming night, win/loss doesn't matter much. Let the Timmies have their little moment in the sun.
    My near-competence in the morning/early PM was a marked contrast to the Singularity of Suck™ that I created in the evening. Despite copious amounts of caffeine, I did just awful, staying in single digits in most games. After we loaded up the team, we somehow managed to do even worse. Some of that was attributed to the effect of a couple of teamkillers and sandbaggers, tho.
    One outstanding douchebag was a 12 year old-sounding Timmy who went 0-20, 1-18 in two  matches because he was friends with three or four of the guys on the enemy team. Once we got into the third match on Terminal, he actually started repeatedly teamkilling Matt64, GB Johnny, and Reibo. At the end of the match, he claimed his little sister was playing instead of him... I weep for the future.

    The featured Modern Warfare 2 vid today is more awesome knife throwing gameplay and commentary  by TheDrunkenCanadian, aka IAmTheLiquor on the 2Old2Play CoD forum. Second vid up is some CoD4 M16 pwnage by PJ, who does well enough that the host drops the connection after a few minutes. It's pretty spiffy watching him drill the scoped-in snipers from a couple of feet away, tho. Returning to the throwing knife theme, we have a short killstreak clip by xFLxProductionsx  that climaxes with a great Hail Mary! knife toss on Estate. On to the link:

• Joystiq: MW2 PC DLC hitting Steam May 4th.

• Co-Optimus: Blacklight: Tango Down Co-Op Interview with Producer Andy Kipling.
• Joystiq: Activision registers new domain for GoldenEye game. (Thanks to InsideGaming for the link!) Also, Deep Space Nine free DLC for Star Trek Online. Link includes embedded promo trailer.
• GameSpot: Kane & Lynch 2: Dog Days hands on.
• CrispyGamer: Splinter Cell: Conviction review.
• GameSpot: Iron Man 2 PS3 screenies.
• Edge Online: Ubisoft DRM cracked - again?
• 1Up: Fans pick Colts versus Jets for Madden 2011 demo.
• IGN: Daily Fix for 23 April 2010. (No Jessica)
• GameTrailers: Pach-Attack 113.
• GamaSutra:  Analysis: iPad and Game Development - Does Flash Still Matter?
• GameSpy: A sincere letter of thanks to Roger Ebert.
• DamnLag: The NPCs: The most disappointing games of this generation.
• GamesRadar: 20 games not quite based on movies.

• Examiner via Slashdot: Sony to discontinue 3.5 inch floppy disk sales in 2011. It's literally been years since I've even seen a floppy disk, except in old movies. My last couple of PCs don't even have floppy drives.
• Slashdot: Was Flight Ban Over Ash an Overreaction? If so John Cleese will be pissed after his $5000 cab ride.
• Destructoid: Netflix on Wii impressions.
• PCWorld: Is Avatar's Blu-ray Success Bad News for 3D TV? An epic case of overstatement... 4 million Blu-Rays and DVDs combined means people don't care about 3D... When 3D is available and affordable, a story like that might mean something.